"How to Install Linux Mint via USB" by Clem has been read, copied onto paper for easy reference and utilized. For me, it doesn't work. Clem's instructions on screen appeared to simple... until I tried to do it. Here's what I entered;

Nowhere in this vast verbiage does it address why "1048576" seems to be causing a situation. Do I somehow need to change that number to something else? If so, how do I find out what it should be? Is the fact that I didn't use "/Desktop/linuxmint.iso" at the begining a factor? I felt that I should tell the computer where the file is actually residing.

The "tutorial" doesn't appear to be as"simple" as it states... Also, I'm assuming that there are two spaces between the word "direct" and the "1048576" that bash doesn't seem to like. It looks like two spaces on my screen and on the printed copy that I made.

"Simple" appears to be avoiding me somehow. What have I really missed or misinterpreted?

Meteor

Last edited by Meteor on Wed Mar 14, 2012 11:53 am, edited 2 times in total.

Good catch, I've notified Clem of the typo I'm assuming you are referring to this tutorial: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744. 10 lines down from where the command ends in " =1048576", it has the proper command: "sudo dd if=~/Desktop/linuxmint.iso of=/dev/sdb oflag=direct bs=1048576".

** The downloaded ISO of Linux Mint 12 LXDE exists in the "Download" file on Lisa KDE 12, the OS that is running. If I download anything, it is directed to /home/downloads and Dolphin says it's there. My initials (wak) do not appear on screen but even if I add them, "dd" still tells me that it has an "unrecognized operand" of various descriptions. I tried doing this by dropping various verbiage but it still tells me that there is a (different) "unrecognized operand".

This "simple" procedure has me totally baffled. I can't think of any other way to "word" the "command" (if that's what the verbiage is) and make a live USB. I also am totally confused as to why bash is insisting on showing the file location as "/wak/home/downloads" and "/home/wak/wak/home/downloads" when I never typed that and Dolphin doesn't show anything other than /home/downloads/. It seems as though I'm just spinning in circles. Perhaps whatever "imagewriter" is should be used and not a "simple" programme...

Does that mean I need to add another programme to my system? Will "imagewriter" actually work without question?

Your second attempt looks best, but you have insert a space after oflag and that doesn't work. And normally the downloads directory is called Downloads, and filenames on Linux are case sensitive... So it would be more likely this will work:

Finally, why are you using the release candidate (rc) instead of the final version? There are still some issues in the release candidate. I'd say, get the final version: http://www.linuxmint.com/edition.php?id=98

This was most certainly an experience -- a very good learning experience. This message is being produced from the LiveUSB of Mint LXDE. Vincent, your assistance and patience plus very concise explanations finally enabled me to get LXDE onto a USB. It boots and is running very nicely. I shall play more with it later on in the day.

Thank you. This is why I've been using Mint as my OS for a number of years! I feel I have learned a great deal.